THE DOORS "LIVE AT THE MATRIX" ORIGINAL MASTERS: WHAT'S IN IT?

 

Until now, the largest existing version of the Doors' live performances recorded in San Francisco on March 7-10, 1967 contained 24 songs (Bright Midnight Archives). The edition being released today (September 8, 2023) has 37 songs.

So let's see what it contains and how it differs from previous releases, both as previously released tracks and as unreleased tracks (of which there are 8!).

The tracks marked as "previously released version" are always from the original tapes. They have already been released in this form. So, the songs that are being released here for the first time from the original sound source (according to what is written on the back cover of the vinyl) are 14.

THE TRACKS:

We start with 6 songs from the March 7th concert:

- Back Door Man, previously released version.

- My Eyes Have Seen You, previously unreleased.

- Soul Kitchen, previously released version.

- All Blues, previously unreleased.

- Get Out My Life Woman, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- When The Music's Over, previously unreleased.

 

Then we have 7 songs from the second concert on March 7th:

- Close To You, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Crawling King Snake, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- I Can't See Your Face In My Mind, previously released version.

- People Are Strange, previously released version.

- Alabama Song, previously released version.

- The Crystal Ship, previously released version.

- Twentieth Century Fox, previously released version.

We continue with 7 songs from the third concert on March 7th:

- Moonlight Drive, previously released version.

- Summer's Almost Gone, previously unreleased version.

- Unhappy Girl, previously released version.

- Woman Is A Devil/Rock Me Baby, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Break On Through, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Light My Fire, previously released version.

- The End, previously released version.

A song from the concert March (8th or 9th):

- The End (fragment), version previously released on bootleg.

5 songs from the first concert on March 10th:

- My Eyes Have Seen You, previously released version.

- Soul Kitchen, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- I Can't See Your Face In My Mind, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- People Are Strange, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- When The Music's Over, previously released version.

7 tracks from the second concert on March 10th:

- Money, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Who Do You Love, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Moonlight Drive, previously unreleased.

- Summer's Almost Gone, previously unreleased version.

- I'm A King Bee, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Gloria, previously released but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Break On Through, previously unreleased.

3 songs from the third concert on March 10th

- Summertime, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Back Door Man, previously released, but here for the first time from the original tapes.

- Alabama Song, previously unreleased.

- The program closes with an unreleased instrumental called Bags' Groove, recorded during the first concert on March 7th. This one seems to be available in only on vinyl.

IN THE NEXT POST I WILL TELL YOU ONE BY ONE HOW THE 8 UNRELEASED TRACKS SOUND LIKE MUSICALLY!